SG Sunburst – Made In China

September 7th, 2009

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“Don’t waste thousands on the so called Genuine Article,these things are awesome…”

Hmm, I doubt that. And as these can be bought direct from the factory websites for about $350 delivered your Buy It Now price of $695 is a little excessive. To be fair though at least the seller is being upfront about it being a Chinese knock off, though the claims that Fender make some of their best guitars in China is open for debate.

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The speed knobs, (which the seller has added) are on pots that are in the wrong place, the pickup selector switch is also misaligned and the pickguard is completely the wrong shape. Also notice that the pickups have some sort of Gibson decal on them, the real ones don’t.

 

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The frets go over the binding, (see circle), the truss rod cover is the wrong shape, has the wrong sized screws and is too close to the nut. The crown inlay is wrong, as it the Gibson logo and they both should be Mother Of Pearl, not white.

Posted in SG

Zakk Attack! Another Zakk Wylde Bullseye.

September 5th, 2009

Sometimes it feels like I should call this website fibs-zakkwyldecustom-ons.com due to the huge amount of fake Zakk Wylde Les Paul Custom guitars I get told of and see online. It’s got to be at no. 3 in my chart of things I think are being faked the most, (2 being the Les Paul Supreme and 1 being my wife’s interest as I ramble on about that vintage Les Paul Jr I just have to have).

Anyhoo, bear with me while I plough/plow through this once again.

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The knobs should be speed dials, not top hats with silver inserts, I suspect the EMG’s are fake but anyway there should not be a pick up selector switch surround, (the plastic circle with Rhythm and Lead on it), the fretboard should be ebony, not what appears to be rosewood. Looking at the back we see the “Gibson” decal on the pots cavity cover, this may as well say, “This is a counterfeit Gibson guitar, bad luck, you’ve been had, don’t you feel a goose”. Why? Because a real Gibson guitar does not have that sticker on it, but most of the fakes do.

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Looking at the front of the headstock; The Gibson logo is in the wrong font and at the wrong angle, the split diamond inlay looks like it was done in fourth grade shop, the tuners are fake and the truss rod cover is too close to the nut. Over on the back we see that it has a fake serial number and has Made In USA imprinted into it, (it should not), Zakk’s Silhouette isn’t quite right and the shape of the headstock is incorrect. The truss rod cover is also a giveaway as the fonts are wrong and the words on it are wrong.

Check out more Zakk Wylde fakes on Fibsons.com by visiting the Zakk Wylde category, (link at the top of the page at the bottom right of the banner).

Posted in Custom Shop, Les Paul, Les Paul Custom, Zakk Wylde

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